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Priests told to be icons of Christ, seeing the ‘forgotten’
March 31, 2016ATLANTA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory encouraged hundreds of priests at the annual Chrism Mass to be “ministers of compassion and mercy.” The Chrism Mass for the Archdiocese of Atlanta was a key event in Holy Week as clergymen gathered for a day of prayer and reflection leading up to Easter. Archbishop Gregory spoke on Tuesday evening, […]
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Pope condemns ‘blind violence,’ offers prayers after Brussels attacks
March 22, 2016VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis, condemning the “blind violence” of the terrorist attacks in Brussels, offered his prayers to the victims, the injured, their families and all those offering assistance in the aftermath of the bombings. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, sent the pope’s condolences March 22 to Archbishop Jozef De Kesel of Mechelen-Brussels. […]
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Islamic State is committing genocide against Christians, other minorities, U.S. secretary of state declares
March 21, 2016WASHINGTON (CNS)—U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that atrocities carried out by the Islamic State group against Yezidis, Christians and other minorities were genocide, the first U.S. declaration of genocide since Sudanese actions in Darfur in 2004. Kerry said he was not judge and jury, but the Islamic State had self-defined itself as genocidal […]
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The light of St. Patrick
March 18, 2016A few miles from where I grew up there is a distinguished hilltop called the Hill of Slane. Legend holds St. Patrick lit a great Easter fire on the hilltop at Slane. Back then the High King of Ireland reserved the right to personally kindle the first outdoor fire after the spring equinox. Patrick knowingly […]
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Easter Rising: Insurrection marked beginning of modern Irish Republic
March 18, 2016DUBLIN (CNS)—Easter Monday 1916 was a sunny day. Patrick Pearse, a young poet and teacher, stood in front of the General Post Office on O’Connell Street in Dublin and, to the astonishment of passers-by, began to read: “Irishmen and Irishwomen: In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her […]
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Irish priest’s Civil War heroism remembered
March 18, 2016ATLANTA—The Hibernian Benevolent Society of Atlanta and Atlanta civic leaders remembered and celebrated the life of Father Thomas O’Reilly whose heroics during the Civil War left an imprint on the current city of Atlanta. The civic honor of the wartime Irish pastor of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is one of the celebrations associated […]
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Doubt, mystery add to remarkable tale of ‘Miracles’
March 18, 2016NEW YORK (CNS)—The fact-based drama “Miracles From Heaven” (Columbia) tells a remarkable story. Though director Patricia Riggen’s screen version of Christy Beam’s 2015 memoir is clearly designed for believers—and sometimes feels padded—even dedicated skeptics may have trouble dismissing its underlying narrative. A wife and the mother of three daughters, Christy (Jennifer Garner) is going about […]
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USCCB, other faith groups file Supreme Court brief in immigration case
March 18, 2016WASHINGTON (CNS)—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and several other Catholic organizations joined in filing friend of the court briefs March 8 urging the Supreme Court to support the Obama administration’s actions that would temporarily protect from deportation more than 4 million immigrants in the country illegally and enable some immigrants to legally work in […]
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Pope: Missionaries of Charity killed in Yemen are ‘martyrs of charity’
March 18, 2016VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The four Missionaries of Charity murdered March 4 in Yemen “are the martyrs of today,” Pope Francis said. “They gave their blood for the church.” After reciting the Angelus with thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square March 6, Pope Francis publicly offered his condolences to the Missionaries of Charity and prayed […]
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Restoring mind, body and community are goals of shelter yoga class
March 18, 2016ATLANTA—John McVay directs the dozen men sitting on mats in the downtown Atlanta gym to cross their legs. And when that’s done, he has them alternate their leg position. For these men who call Atlanta streets their home, it’s a deep stretch. Then he tells the men to slow their breath and encourages them to […]